Chapter 9 of 14 · 4'36"
Ransom Comes Home Fighting 兰萨姆回家吵IMDb ↗
回家的人为什么先开火
Knives Out · 2019
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingRansom walks back in after staying gone and immediately corrects the police: call him Ransom, not Hugh. He refuses questions, snaps at Fran for milk, and needles Meg. Then the family piles on—he skipped the funeral but arrived early for the will. A bathroom rumor explodes into a brawl, until Blanc makes Jacob talk: he overheard Harlan and Ransom fighting about the will. Linda hears a verdict. She thinks their father finally cut her son off.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingthe help
佣人、下人总称
run someone in
逮捕、带去警局
spill it
快说,别藏着
come to one's senses
终于醒悟过来
cut someone out of the will
把某人剔出遗嘱
burn bridges
把后路都得罪光
sjw
社会正义战士(贬)
the exception that proves the rule
例外反证常规
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Only the help calls me Hugh.”
只有佣人才叫我休。
一句话划阶级:名字都分主仆,傲慢得干净利落。
Only the + 身份 + calls me + 名
纠正称呼,强调只有某类人才准这么叫你。
只有手下才这么叫我。 / 那个名字是给自己人的。
informal
help 重读,Hugh 落下,带着不屑。
“Nothing good is ever easy.”
好事从来都不轻松。
鸡汤短句,用在这场合像给耳光贴创可贴。
Nothing + 形容词 + is ever + 形容词
安慰别人吃苦,或反讽鸡汤时都能套。
轻松的往往不值钱。 / 值得的事很少省事。
neutral
good 和 easy 等重,ever 轻轻带过。
“The exception that proves the rule.”
这回破例,恰恰证明平时都那样。
侦探用谚语收场:这回乱,才显出往常有多闷。
the exception that proves the rule
说这回破例,反而证明平时都成立。
这是例外,不是常规。 / 破例一次,才显出平时。
literary
exception 拉长,rule 轻轻收。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageI think it means our father finally came to his senses and cut this worthless little brat out of his will. So I guess you're gonna have to sell the Beemer and give your notice at the country club, and kick whatever fashion drug you're on. Because if you think that after all the bridges you've burned, after all the shit you said, after everything that you put this family through that any of us are gonna support you that any of us are gonna give you, like Dad liked to say, "a single red dime..." you're nuts!
我觉得意思是,咱们父亲终于醒悟了 把这个没用的小混蛋从遗嘱里除名了。 所以我看你得把那辆宝马卖掉 跟乡村俱乐部递辞呈, 再把你磕着的那些时髦药戒了。 因为你要是以为 在你把后路都烧光之后, 在你说了那些混账话之后, 在你让这家人受尽罪之后 我们里头还会有人养你 还会有人给你, 就像爸爱说的, 「一分钱……」 你就是疯了!
